Houston Doesn't Even Need A Hurricane To Be Submerged; 1-7" Overnight 5/9, More This Weekend

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Houston is having hurricane style flooding without a hurricane this week. It’s hard to imagine how the city continues as normal if it’s going to be hit like this regularly. How many 500+ year rainstorms has it had in the last 5 years? Above, for review, impacts of Hurricane Harvey on Houston make a good object lesson in climate change dynamics.

Link to tweet

Washington Post:

In a week that has already seen Houston and surrounding areas in Southeast Texas face some of the most severe rainfall since Hurricane Harvey, heavy storms again pounded the city late Thursday, leaving at least three bayous flowing over the top of their banks, nearly 90,000 residents without power and dozens reportedly trapped for a time in floodwater on Interstate 10.

The Thursday night storm continues a week of flooding in a city where the fallout from the historic 2017 hurricane is still being felt. Harris County meteorologist Jeff Lindner told the Houston Chronicle that more than three inches fell in most areas of Houston, but one area far east of Houston got nailed with four inches in 30 minutes. Some areas expected to see up to six inches of rain, the Chronicle reported.

Houston Chronicle:

Harris County saw widespread rainfall between 1 and 7 inches overnight, according to the Harris County Flood Warning System. More heavy rainfall is expected to hit the area on Saturday and subside on Sunday.

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https://climatecrocks.com/2019/05/10/houston-you-have-a-glub-glub-glub/#more-55682

[redstatebluegirl]

1. Thank goodness we don't have anything like that here in Oklahoma but there is flooding.

Our yard has never had pools of water and water running down the hill like it has been. Thankfully today it is just a light rain and it is supposed to stop by noon. The ground is just saturated, plus it is COLD, I needed a sweater this morning to walk the dogs, normally our ac is on by now.

I sure hope the people in Houston get through this ok.

[CrispyQ]

2. In 2013 we got 9" of rain in one month & it destroyed the trails.

It took years to fix them. Almost everyone I know had some kind of flood damage. I can't even image 4" in 30 minutes!

[rownesheck]

3. That thunderclap

mentioned in that tweet was no joke. I was getting ready for work and saw the lightning, then the thunder came and it was freaking righteous. The rumble seemed to go on and on afterward as well. It was nuts.

[Gothmog]

4. We have another round of storms forecast this afternoon

[cloudbase]

5. Some parts of Houston flood when

there's a heavy dew.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. Houston is at sea level.

I recall reading perhaps two decades ago, maybe even longer, that the city had a problem with flooding because it's so flat and so much of the actual land has been paved over, meaning the water has no where to go.

Makes me wonder where the cemeteries are, or if as in New Orleans, people are buried above ground.